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Tuesday, July 3, 2018
Rivlin says Gaza rehabilitation depends on Hamas releasing soldiers’ remains
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePresident Reuven Rivlin tells Hamas that the Gaza Strip won’t be rehabilitated so long as the territory’s Hamas rulers insist on holding the remains of two soldiers killed there during the 2014 war.
“Israel was and has remained the only actor in the region that conveys basic staples for the welfare of the residents of Gaza,” Rivlin says, at a ceremony in honor of the fallen in the war, dubbed Operation Protective Edge.
“But we must be clear,” he continues. “As long as Hamas administers Gaza with an eye only to destroying the State of Israel and attacking its citizens, and continues to hold the bodies of our soldiers, Gaza won’t be rehabilitated.”
Hamas is also believed to be holding two Israeli citizens prisoner.
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